Attorney Rosenbaum loves working with immigrants and in immigration law, and has extensive immigration law experience, particularly in complex litigation matters. She has prevailed in cases at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has been honored as a “Super Lawyer".

Attorney Rosenbaum's work has been published by LexisNexis, she has been an invited contributor to the ImmigrationProfBlog, and advises on immigration policy matters. She has edited essential immigration law treatises, and has been an invited speaker at immigration law and scholar conferences around the country. Attorney Rosenbaum also enjoys teaching Immigration Law and Appellate Advocacy at Golden Gate University School of Law, which she has been doing since 2011. She is a former board member of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), co-chair of the NLG Immigration Committee, and has held leadership positions with the American Immigration Lawyer's Association.

Why I Do This Work?

After a brief hiatus to work for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, it became clear that my passion is for representing noncitizens. My happiest and most satisfying professional moments over the past 15 years, have been when I receive notice that a client has had a greencard application approved, is being scheduled for their oath to become a United States citizen, or that my client succeeded in fighting deportation and won the right to remain in the United States, with their families, and with our community. Being responsible for determining that a noncitizen was eligible to become an asylee based on past persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution in their home country was powerful, and I took great satisfaction in every I-94 card I stamped as “approved.” However, I prefer to sit on the other side of the desk, next to the person, often understandably nervously coming before the immigration authorities seeking a benefit, or fighting for the right to say here, and be free, contributing to our great democracy.

If, after an in-depth consultation where we talk about your immigration goals, we feel comfortable together and want to work together, you will have my complete commitment to advocate for you as a valued member of my community, and someone I will be professionally (and morally and ethically) responsible for dedicating my time and energy to representing to achieve what you need within the immigration laws.